overwordExplorer
ENGLISH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

ladyfinger.

A low-density, dry, egg-based, sweet sponge cake biscuit roughly shaped like a large finger.

10 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈleɪdiˌfɪŋɡɚ/General-American
  1. A low-density, dry, egg-based, sweet sponge cake biscuit roughly shaped like a large finger.

    Ladyfingers soaked in liqueur are the base of tiramisu, but I suppose you could just cut up a sponge cake instead.
  2. A type of small banana.

  3. A variety of small firecracker.

    Grandpa would give each of the kids a strip of ladyfingers to light on New Year's Day.
  4. Alternative form of lady's finger.

    alt-of · alternative
Where this word comes from

From lady + finger.

FROM WORD TO NAME

Try it on your idea.

ladyfinger has 10 characters. Say it out loud, try it alongside a description of your project, and see whether its meaning fits what you want to create.

ladyfinger studioladyfinger workshello, ladyfinger

These are naming prompts. Meanings and pronunciation can vary; existing brand and domain uses have not been checked.

Explore the name generator

A word with a source.

Definitions, grammatical labels, IPA, etymology and examples: Wiktionary contributors, extracted by Kaikki / Wiktextract. Adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected fields and authored examples are shown; third-party quotations and audio are omitted. See contributor history.

Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.